DALLAS CITY PACKING, INC. v. BUTZ

Civ. A. No. 3-75-0578-G.

411 F.Supp. 1338 (1976)

DALLAS CITY PACKING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Earl BUTZ, Individually and as Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

February 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamar Holley and Stephen L. Holley, Holley & Holley, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Marshall M. Marcus, Atty., John C. Chernauskas, Director, Marketing Div., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

I.

1. The Parties and the Dispute.

On February 23, 1976, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will implement new standards for the grading of meat. The power to establish standards for meat grading is granted to the Secretary of Agriculture by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. § 1622, as amended. Seventeen meat packers whose businesses are principally...

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